Jim Rohn Quotes

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

Money is usually attracted, not pursued.

Labor gives birth to ideas.

The book you don’t read won’t help.

We get paid for bringing value to the market place.

Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.

If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you’re signed up for a season, see it through. You don’t have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.

Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won’t laugh at you.

There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that’s important.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

The more you know the less you need to say.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness – great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized – never knowing.

Success is steady progress toward one’s personal goals.

If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

Character isn’t something you were born with and can’t change, like your fingerprints. It’s something you weren’t born with and must take responsibility for forming.